Housing Law Handbook (Paperback, 4th New edition)

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Sun, 11 Nov 2018 | Review by: Phillip T.

A COMPLETE HOUSING LAW RESOURCE IN A SINGLE CONVENIENT VOLUME An appreciation by Elizabeth Robson Taylor of Richmond Green Chambers and Phillip Taylor MBE, Head of Chambers and Reviews Editor, “The Barrister” With housing now racing almost to the top of the political agenda -- and a new housing secretary recently appointed in response to the seriousness of the housing crisis -- the publication of this new edition of the “Housing Law Handbook” is timely. As a solicitor specializing in housing law and a lecturer in legal practice at Brunel University, author Diane Aston has applied her impressive expertise to the monumental task of researching, compiling and writing this edition -- the fourth --recently published by the Legal Action Group. The result is a work of reference on housing law as brilliant and reassuringly easy to use as you’re likely to find anywhere. Readers who aren’t lawyers will find it helpful. Lawyers advising clients on housing matters will find it indispensable. Quite obviously it has been written in line with the stated aim of the LAG -- the access to justice charity -- of providing practitioners and general readers alike with a straightforward, plain-speaking legal text aimed at de-complicating (as far as is possible) a complicated, difficult and often sensitive area of law, while providing informed, accurate and practical advice in an accessible manner. As the previous edition of this Handbook was published in 2015, acquiring this new edition is bound to become a necessity for any practitioner advising on housing matters. Throughout its more than 1,000 pages and twenty-one chapters, the Handbook covers every conceivable aspect of housing law. The detailed table of contents lists virtually all issues the practitioner is likely to encounter, from occupiers’ rights and public law and housing, to possession claims, unlawful eviction and harassment by landlords, to allocation of social housing and of course, much more. It is worthwhile to read the author’s preface. Hard hitting and succinct, it both elucidates and reminds us of just what the key issues are -- and refers to the new material that the Handbook contains, including, the Homelessness Reduction Act 2017, which came into force at April 2018 and which, as she points out, ‘brought the most significant change for more than 20 years.’ This legislation, together with the 2018 Homelessness Code of Guidance confers new regulatory powers to local authorities across a range of issues discussed in detail in the text and supported throughout by numerous cases highlighted by shaded sections in the book. Note too, the extensive tables, namely of cases, statutes, statutory instruments and of EU and international legislation. And for those confounded by abbreviations, there’s a four-page list of them describing what they actually mean. Certainly, Diane Astin has provided a valuable service for practitioners as well as advisers and those faced with the challenge of representing themselves in court. In short, this is a Handbook that no one embroiled in housing law issues can afford to be without. The book reflects the law as at July 2018 and the book was published on 25th October 2018.

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